Vision and Goals

Goals

Develop interest for teachers and others in attending the ISTE conference in the future
Extend the ISTE conference beyond the conference center
Demonstrate a variety of distance learning technologies and and best practices for using those technologies for distance learning

Objectives

Extend the pool of volunteers that coordinate and organize Remote ISTE and IVC Operations
Demonstrate best practices of H.323 video conferencing, video streaming, web conferencing, etc.
Utilize audio, video and text chat, wikis, etc. in an effective way (to plan and execute the program)
Encourage ISTE members to join the SIG IVC

ISTE's Operational Strategic Plan for 2009-2010.
Here is a excerpt of the specific strategic plan goal pertaining to Remote NECC: Strategic Plan Goal 2: Membership
Objective 2.B: Develop an enterprise-wide, 5-year plan that ensures sustainable, forward-looking, and strategic evolution of the ISTE member conference and exposition.
2.B.7: Develop, market, and implement an evolved version of the existing "Remote NECC" program to include:

revised/increased models for distribution,
communication/awareness plan to develop greater visibility within ISTE's membership,
identification of appropriate virtual user interfaces, and
an achievable business model for each aspect of the program.

Rational/Background: ISTE is under pressure to develop methodology to support remote participation in conferences/events. A number of frameworks already exists -- including IVC, "Remote ISTE", and ISTEVision -- but they have been somewhat "under-visible" and under-promoted. With economic constraints and realities what they are, coupled with a desire to expand participation globally, the development of a highly visible and marketable "remote" component of the annual conference is needed.